By Frehiwot YohannesborkenaDecember 3,2018The adulterous fuel trade in the capital Addis Ababa and regional towns caused gasoline shortage in the past two weeks, a critical shortage of benzene in the past two weeks and creates complaints from drivers that they spend long hours at gas stations in the city. The increasing of illegal fuel trade is exacerbating the situation more than anything in the industry in the past two months and fuel stations are illegally selling gasoline to individuals are the basic reasons for the shortage. According to Ethiopia reporter news, it has become customary to see long queues at the fuel stations. Ethiopia consumes daily one million liters of benzene, 6.5 million liters of diesel and two million liters of jet fuel. Kerosene has been used by illicit traders who are engaged in fuel adultery to mix it with benzene.

Source: Ethiopian News December 03, 2018 15:11 UTC